Syrupy sixties chanteuse France Gall was the quintessential face of Sixties French pop. The Serge Gainsbourg and Michel Berger collaborator released over 65 singles and twenty albums during her singing career. Though many see Gall as a purveyor of fast-food audio fare, Gall was actually the innocent vehicle for Gainsbourg-written lyrical practical jokes, resulting in a string of hit singles with hidden meanings that tarnished her image. Songs like “Les Sucettes” (about a girl eating lollipops) and Bonsoir John John (written to a deceased JFK and tinged with hints of necrophelia) caught her unawares and hurt the success of subsequent releases.

I love her voice, her dress, and of course that hair only French chicks can pull.

My favorite song of hers was the Gainsbourg collaboration, “Laisse Tomber les Filles” (”Forget the girls”)…

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